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Eli Whitney's Patent for the Cotton Gin - http://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/cotton-gin-patent/
Web site of the US National Archives providing classroom information for teachers about Eli Whitney and the patenting of the cotton gin, and the impact of his invention on the production of raw cotton. Includes copies of the original patent documents. |
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On Power Looms - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1828looms.html
Excerpts from an early 19th century autobiography, written by William Radcliffe, and dealing with the implications of the introduction of the power loom for the local textile industry. Edited by Mr. Paul Halsall for the Modern History Sourcebook. |
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The Steam Loom - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1823cotton.html
Excerpt from Richard Guest's, Compendious History of the Cotton Manufacture (1823), and dealing with the invention and application of the steam loom in the British textile industry. Edited by Mr. Paul Halsall for the Modern History Sourcebook. |
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The Sewing Machine: Its Invention and Development - http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/cooper/
Smithsonian Institution's web publication of a 1976 book on the invention, development and introduction of the sewing machine, by Grace Rogers Cooper. |
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Monticello: The Plantation - http://www.monticello.org/plantation/work/textile.html
Short article on the development of mechanised yarn spinning and cloth weaving on Thomas Jefferson's Monticello cotton plantation in 1812. Resources related to Jefferson. |
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Leeds Woollen Workers Petition - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1786machines.html
Letter published in local newspapers by 1786 by textile mill workers in Leeds, United Kingdom, complaining about the effects of machines on the previously well-paid skilled workers. From the Modern History Sourcebook. |
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Letter of Leeds Cloth Merchants - http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1791machines.html
Letter addressed to Leeds' citizenry and published in local newspapers, written in 1791 by a committee of Leeds' cloth merchants in defence of the introduction of mechanised textile manufacture. From the Modern History Sourcebook. |
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Servant in the House: A Brief History of the Sewing Machine - http://www.sil.si.edu/digitalcollections/hst/lewton/intro.htm
History of the development and introduction into the industry of the sewing machine, originally published by the Smithsonian Report in 1930. Author: Frederick Lewis Lewton. |
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Sewing Machines: Historical Trade Literature in Smithsonian Institution Collections - http://www.sil.si.edu/DigitalCollections/Trade-Literature/Sewing-Machines/pdf/sewing-machines.pdf
From the Smithsonian Institution's Library of Historical Trade Literature, a guide to the range of materials published by and about sewing machine companies in the US and other countries, starting in the 1840's. |
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Cotton Gin - http://www.eliwhitney.org/cotton.htm
Short history of the invention of the cotton gin by Eli Whitney. |
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Medieval North European Spindles and Whorls - http://www.cs.vassar.edu/~capriest/spindles.html
Short article with descriptions of the spindles and whorls used by Scandinavian yarn spinners from 800 to 1500 CE. Author: Carolyn Priest-Dorman. |
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Viking Textile Tools - http://www.stringpage.com/viking/viking.html
Web site about the reconstruction of soapstone spindle whorls, metal needles and needle cases, and whalebone smoothing boards used by the Viking people to produce yarns, fabrics and garments. From Sarah Goslee's homepage about braiding and tablet weaving. |
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Daniel Pratt - http://www.pratthistory.com/
Extensive information about the founder, and the history of the American cotton gin manufacturing industry. |
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The Art and History of Weaving - http://www.faculty.de.gcsu.edu/~dvess/ids/fap/weav.html
Short introduction to the history of weaving and the development of the weaving loom, from pre-historic times to the present computer-driven loom. Author: Prof. Susan C. Wylly. |
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The Horizontal Loom - http://scholar.chem.nyu.edu/tekpages/loom.html
Short description of the horizontal foot treadle weaving loom with shuttle, which was introduced into Europe in the 11th Century. From The Medieval Technology Pages. |
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History of the Automatic Loom - http://www.yoshida-mc.co.jp/history/loom.htm
Short history of the weaving loom, from the times of the hand weaving looms, until the inventions of the Industrial Revolution enabled the invention of the foot peddle loom in Japan from which the fully automatic shuttle loom was later developed. From the Yoshida Machinery Co., Ltd web site. |
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Guide to the Eli Whitney Papers - http://webtext.library.yale.edu/xml2html/mssa.0554.con.html
Comprehensive reference guide to the Yale University Library's complete collection of the Eli Whitney Papers consisting of correspondence and business papers relating to Eli Whitney's invention and patenting of the cotton gin and to his subsequent development of a system to produce firearms employing interchangeable parts. |
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Knitting History; From Hand Knitting to Knitting Machines - http://theknittree.com/knithistory.html
Short history of the development of knitting machinery and technology, by Sharon Nani. Links to knitting articles and related sites. |
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Flax and Hemp gin - http://www.hempology.org/DECORTICATORS/1862%20FLAX%20AND%20HEMP%20GIN.html
Page from the Illustrated London News of November 1, 1862, with an illustration of the American flax gin developed by Sandford and Mallory, and a short description of its operation. |
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Tampere Mill - http://www.history.tampere.fi/rapids/vesi/index.html
Finland. Includes on-line reconstruction of the water powered textile mill at Tampere. |
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What's a Cotton "Gin"? - http://wesclark.com/jw/gin.html
Jonah Begone providing an explanation for the term gin, and a short history of the invention and social implications of the cotton gin in pre-Civil War American society. |
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Richard Arkwright - http://www.thornber.net/cheshire/ideasmen/arkwright.html
The history of the water powered yarn spinning frame, and Richard Arkwright's unsuccessful legal struggle to obtain recognition for his 1773 invention. From A Scrapbook of Cheshire Antiquities. |
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Carolinas Textile Exhibit - http://www.gastoncountymuseum.org/texeximg/textech.php3
On-line exhibition of historic textile machinery, components, parts and accessories. From the Gaston County Museum in North Carolina, USA. |
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http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/unk_cotn.pdf - http://www.cs.arizona.edu/patterns/weaving/articles/unk_cotn.pdf
Article from the February 1, 1916 issue of the Cotton Seed Oil Magazine, presenting a history of the cotton industry in Southern USA, and the invention and commercial development of the mechanical gin and cotton press. |
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Analysis of Cotton Gin Buildings in the South Plains Region - http://etd.lib.ttu.edu/theses/available/etd-08252008-31295013672232/unrestricted/31295013672232.pdf
Master of Science thesis providing documentation and analysis of historic gins in the South Plains region, USA, which the dominant rural architectural building form. Includes photographs and illustrations of defining features and elements. Author: Mihelle S.G.C. Hainze. |